Almond Valley Viaduct, Kirkliston is a Grade A listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1971. 2 related planning applications.
Almond Valley Viaduct, Kirkliston
- WRENN ID
- quiet-casement-gold
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lothian
- Constituency
- Livingston MP: Gregor Poynton (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1971
- OS grid reference
- NT 112 721
- Coordinates
- 55.93448, -3.4224
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Almond Valley Viaduct, situated partly within Kirkliston Parish in Midlothian, was constructed in 1842. It is a substantial railway viaduct characterised by 36 high, segmental arches. The structure is built using rock-faced stone courses, with dressed stone used for the parapet.
Local climate
Almond Valley Viaduct, Kirkliston sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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